Atari/Infogrames Transitioning to Digital Distribution of Games

Infogrames/Atari CEO David Gardner told MCV that the company plans to go 90 percent digital within a few years.

This announcement comes at the heels of an agreement made with Japanese publisher and developer Namco Bandai, who now owns 34 percent of Infogrames and will have an option to buy the remaining portion within the next five years. While the distribution side of the merger will handle Infogrames, Namco Bandai and other publishers' products, Gardner is working to make the Atari label as one of the top-five online brands, straying away from physical, retail products.